The Angell Gabriell, his Salutation to the blessed
Virgin MARY.
To the tune of, The Blazing Torch.
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WHen righteous Joseph wedded was
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to Israels Hebrew maid,
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A glorious Angel came from Heaven,
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who to the Virgin said:
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Hail blessed Mary full of grace,
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the Lord remains in thee:
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Thou shalt conceive and bear a Son
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thy Saviour to be.
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Thats wondrous strange quoth Mary then
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I should conceive and breed,
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Being never toucht by mortal man,
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but pare in thought and deed.
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Fear not, quoth Gabriel by and by,
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it is no work of man:
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But only Gods, ordaind at first
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before the world began.
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Which heavenly message she believes,
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and did to Jury go,
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Three moneths with her friends to stay,
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Gods blessed will to show:
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And then returnd with Joseph back,
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her Husband meek and mild,
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Who thought it strange his wife should be
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untoucht, thus grown with child.
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Wherefore (thought he) to shun that shame
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he thought her to forsake:
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But that Gods Angel in his sleep
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Gods mind did undertake.
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Fear not just Joseph this thy wife
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is still a spotlesse Maid,
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And no consent to sin (quoth he)
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against her can be laid.
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For she is purely Maid and Wife,
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the mother of Gods own Heir,
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The Babe of Heaven, and blessed Lamb,
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of Israels stock so fair:
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To save lost sheep to Satan sold,
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whom Adam lost by fraud,
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When first in Edens Paradise
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the Lord had them bestowd.
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Thus Mary with her Husband kind,
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together did remain,
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Until the time of Jesus birth
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as Scripture doth make plain.
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Thus Mother, Wife, and Virgin pure,
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our Saviour sweet conceivd,
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All three in one to bring us joy,
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of which we were bereavd.
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Sing praises then both old and young,
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to him which wrought the help of man
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That thus without the help of man
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sent us the King of Kings:
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Which is of such a blessed power,
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that with his word can quell
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The World, the Flesh, and by his Death
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could conquer death and hell.
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